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Mandla Mandela says no to renaming Mthatha airport after Madiba: A request to rename Mthatha’s KD Matanzima airport to Nelson Mandela airport has been rejected by the late statesman’s grandson. Mandla Mandela says he is honouring his grandfather’s wish to have other struggle leaders commemorated through the naming …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

Black Hair, Sharp Scissors And The Totality Of White Power In South Africa: Coming from Mthatha in the old Transkei, the young man had been exposed to multiracial schooling and a different milieu to that of the “Border” town he now had to navigate. At the first assembly, as Die Stem was sung, the ‘Transkei’ boys decided …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

NMB launches tourism month but top anti-apartheid attraction deteriorates: “We should be the starting point for a Nelson Mandela route through the Eastern Cape via Nelson Mandela Bay, travelling to Qunu and flying out of Mthatha,” said Whitfield. World Tourism Day will be celebrated later this month on September 27 which is …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

10 Buildings at two schools torched as pupils demand Matric farewell: At least 10 buildings at two schools in Ngqeleni near Mthatha have been gutted this week allegedly by school children demanding a matric farewell. http://ewn.co.za/2016/09/01/10-build…atric-farewell
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

AK-47 suspects nabbed in Eastern Cape: The statement said: “Police in Mthatha together with Port St John’s Cluster have arrested 11 suspects. Four suspects, aged between 26 and 35 years, were arrested at Megacom in Libode after they were found in possession of four illegal firearms and …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

South Africa: How the Wild Coast Is Denied Access to Basic Healthcare: Situated in the Mbashe Municipality in the Eastern Cape, 100 kilometres from Mthatha, the Xhora Mouth Administrative Area consists of four villages: Mgojweni, Folokwe, Nqileni and Tshezi. Residents struggle to gain access to quality healthcare. And by …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

EL’s Telkom vandals hit blood stock: “This means we are 300 calls down and we also have someone on the side who calls 75 people per day so we can’t get hold of nearly 400 people from areas in Mthatha, Queenstown and East London area,” said SANBS spokeswoman Renee Vice. Vice said because …
Source: “Mthatha” – BingNews.

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